Smilie Translations

[Tomisimo]

I just got done translating the title text for all of the smilies here, but a few of them were hard to translate and there are some that I'm not sure how they should be translated.

For example, how would you translate to roll your eyes in a sarcastic manner () or EEK! () Is Yuck ok as Guácala ()? Also, there are some that might not translate because of cultural differences, such as the "It's my 2 cents" (), and "Crossing my fingers" ().

Would you mind taking a quick look at the smilie list and suggesting better translations?

Thanks!

[María José]

My two cents (divided into two posts and this one being the second) But it's your fault , because you don't allow more than 20 icons per post and that's an insurmountable difficulty for me...BTW, what about one for computer whiz?
They are mostly other options, I added some notes mainly in the first/second post. Cheers!
Hembra/Mujer
Varón/ Hombre
Loco
Hombrecillo bailando
Mi granito de arena
Tirita
Tarta de cumpleaños
(Esto es como) darse de cabezazos contra un muro
¡ Cuidado!/ Taco / Vulgarismo
No se yo...
(Technical problems, I wanted the Duh icon here) = Es obvio/ Está claro
Infinito.

[María José]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

I just got done translating the title text for all of the smilies here, but a few of them were hard to translate and there are some that I'm not sure how they should be translated.

For example, how would you translate to roll your eyes in a sarcastic manner () or EEK! () Is Yuck ok as Guácala ()? Also, there are some that might not translate because of cultural differences, such as the "It's my 2 cents" (), and "Crossing my fingers" ().

Would you mind taking a quick look at the smilie list and suggesting better translations?

Thanks!

Fruncir el ceño (CREO QUE CEÑO SÓLO ES INCOMPLETO)
Enfadado
Carcajada (CREO QUE SONRISA ABIERTA NO LE HACE JUSTICIA A GRIN, PERO SÓLO SE ME OCURRE CARCAJADA QUE NO ES LO MISMO, TIENE QUE HABER ALGO MEJOR)
Vergüenza/Corte
Guay/ Divino/ Mola
Sarcasmo (TIENES RAZÓN, ES DIFÍCIL DE TRADUCIR)
¡Qué horror!
Correcto/ Bien ( YO NO USARÍA BUENO Y MALO CON ESTA IDEA)
Incorrecto/ Mal
¡ Qué asco! (SUENA UN POCO FUERTE, PERO ES LO MÁS LITERAL... PERO ES QUE NO CONOZCO TU TRADUCCIÓN)
Silencio/ No se lo digas a nadie/ Es un secreto
Fútbol (FALTABA UN ACENTILLO)
Rugby (LO PRONUNCIAMOS TAL CUAL SE ESCRIBE)

[María José]

Sosia: Help! !Socorro¡...
I do need your help with these translations.
Seguro que las de David están bien casi todas, pero estaría bien tener versiones de los dos lados del charco.Y traducir no es lo mío, aunque me lo estoy pasando bien ahora.
Thanks again, David, for all your hard work. I'm getting to like this space more and more every day.I'm learning lots.

[Rusty]

What a perfectly fun post for you, María. You got to use a whole slew of emoticons.


There are two accepted spellings for the emoticons - smileys and smilies. One is more popular than the other.

The very first smiley face - :-) - appeared on an e-bulletin board at 11:44 a.m. on September 19, 1982. It was "coined" by a professor named Scott E. Fuhlman.

The smiley face will turn 26 next month. Salute!

[María José]

Originally Posted by Rusty

What a perfectly fun post for you, María. You got to use a whole slew of emoticons. Should I be offended? Too emotional, maybe? But you are right...


There are two accepted spellings for the emoticons - smileys and smilies. One is more popular than the other. Am I so transparent that you noticed I was trying to avoid using the plural of smilie?

The very first smiley face - :-) - appeared on an e-bulletin board at 11:44 a.m. on September 19, 1982. It was "coined" by a professor named Scott E. Fuhlman. Thanks for the info.

The smiley face will turn 26 next month. Salute!

[Tomisimo]

I just wrote a long response and then lost it because of a security token error. Grrrrr.

Basically what I said was I've used most of your suggestions María. As far as I understand it, Rugby and Football are two different sports with different rules, so I think I'll leave Fútbol Americano. También en México puedes pronunciar futbol con el acento prosódico en la primera o en la segunda sílaba y por lo tanto es correcto escribir la palabra sin acento también. (En mi opinión).

Aún me queda la duda de algunos de estas imágenes por ejemplo: ¿Debo usar ¡Qué Asco! u otra cosa?

Gracias!

[Rusty]

Look here, David.

[CrOtALiTo]

Rusty in the website that you gave us there're a lot emoticonos.

[María José]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

I just wrote a long response and then lost it because of a security token error. Grrrrr. Ha, ha, ha... Sorry, I'm not trying to be mean. It's simply that it makes me feel better to know that even computer whizzes have some occasional IT trouble and it's not only my Gemma alter-ego that runs into that type of scrap. for it.

Basically what I said was I've used most of your suggestions María. As far as I understand it, Rugby and Football are two different sports with different rules, so I think I'll leave Fútbol Americano. También en México puedes pronunciar futbol con el acento prosódico en la primera o en la segunda sílaba y por lo tanto es correcto escribir la palabra sin acento también. (En mi opinión). My husband agrees with you that American football and rugby have different rules, but says in Europe we use the word rugby for both.
I didn't know that you could write fútbol without the accent.

Aún me queda la duda de algunos de estas imágenes por ejemplo: ¿Debo usar ¡Qué Asco! u otra cosa? As I told you, ¡Qué asco! sounds a bit impolite in a formal context, but I cannot think of a better translation for Yuk!. Even the register is quite similar.

Gracias!

Thank YOU. And I hope I didn't confuse you with this post.